When IT teams are set the challenge to cut telecoms costs, their first port of call is often to start negotiating better terms with their vendors (in return for contract extensions) or to engage procurement to run a formal RFP. However; by moving straight into negotiations, your business may be leaving significant savings on the…

The term Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) was first coined in the early-mid 2000’s, with the vision of making the mobile phone an extension of the office telephone system. One number, one voicemail, one service. That was of course before we envisaged that smartphones would take control our lives. The telecoms industry has always been great…

At Utelize our team has been lucky enough to engage with hundreds of IT, Finance and Procurement decision makers of all size businesses, about their mobile phone contracts and mobile management challenges. For many cost, (or more often than not, large levels of overspending vs. budgets) has been top of the agenda. However, what we…

When it comes to mobile services, most businesses buy airtime and devices directly from the major mobile networks. For a small number of very large customers, the mobile networks will provide a dedicated mobile account team and on-site administrators, which can help to keep mobile administration under control. However, often that’s a chargeable service and…

Traditionally, businesses have purchased their mobile devices as part of their mobile network contract, typically using some form of ‘tech fund’, or ‘device subsidy’. This model has never really offered best value for the customer as it requires the cost of the airtime to be artificially inflated in the first instance to enable the ‘device…

The list of ‘bring your own device’ scenarios seems to be ever-growing, so we’ve put together a 3-minute briefing on the most common models. The most important aspect to consider with BYoD planning is that there is no single model or policy that works for all businesses, or even for all of your employees. The reality…

In this Utelize 3-minute briefing, we look at an overview of the key features of mobile device management (MDM) software, (also known as enterprise mobility management (EMM)), and the role that MDM can play in ensuring your business implements a successful BYoD plan. However you choose to deploy BYoD, it is essential that both corporate and employee…

Mobile device lifecycle management (MDLM or DLM) is a term that is used to cover the end-to-end processes involved in providing and supporting mobile devices for corporate users. Typically, this lifecycle can cover: Sourcing Buying the right device, at the right cost, from the right vendor. This can now also include financing the device, and…

Background At the start, BYoD was simply based around allowing users to access work email (and data) from newly emerging tablets and smartphones. For the business, there were some productivity benefits from leveraging this new consumer technology, as it was yet to be adopted within wider corporate IT (e.g tablets). For the user, it offered…

Today’s budget (March ’17) included new provisions to remove the previous VAT rules, that currently mean that roaming calls (voice, data and SMS) originating outside of the EU are not charged with VAT. With effect from Aug ’17, VAT will now apply to all mobile charges regardless of whether calls originate in the EU or…